The First Female Pharaoh | Sobekneferu | Ancient Egypt Documentary

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Sobekneferu became the first official female pharaoh in ancient Egyptian history after a succession crisis threatened to end the Middle Kingdom’s golden age. She was one of about a dozen women to ever rule Egypt during its 3,000 year history!
Sobekneferu Biography
1830 BC - 1802 BC
The First Female Pharaoh
Ancient Egypt Documentary
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History Explained Videos
(Chronological Order)
Narmer | The First Pharaoh
Ancient Egypt | 3100 BC
• The First Pharaoh | Na...
Imhotep | The First Pyramid Builder
Ancient Egypt | 2650 BC
• The First Pyramid Buil...
Sargon | The Greatest King of Akkad
Ancient Mesopotamia | 2300 BC
• The Greatest King of A...
Sobekneferu | The First Female Pharaoh
Ancient Egypt | 1800 BC
• The First Female Phara...
Hammurabi | The First Emperor of Babylon
Ancient Mesopotamia | 1750 BC
• The First Emperor of B...
Hatshepsut | The Greatest Female Pharaoh
Ancient Egypt | 1470 BC
• The Greatest Female Ph...
Thutmose III | The Deadliest Pharaoh
Ancient Egypt | 1450 BC
• The Deadliest Pharaoh ...
Amenhotep III | The Wealthiest Pharaoh
Ancient Egypt | 1370 BC
• The Wealthiest Pharaoh...
Akhenaten | The Most Hated Pharaoh
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• The Most Hated Pharaoh...
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• The Most Hated Female ...
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Lycurgus | The Father of Sparta
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• The Lawgiver of Sparta...
Ashurbanipal | The Cruelest King of Assyria
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• The Greatest King of B...
Draco | The Cruelest Athenian
Ancient Greece | 600 BC
• The Lawgiver of Athens...
Cyrus the Great | The Greatest King of Persia
Achaemenid Empire | 550 BC
• The Greatest King of P...
Cambyses II | The First Persian Pharaoh
Achaemenid Empire | 530 BC
• The First Persian Phar...
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Video Credits
Editor: Christopher Geman
Writer: Christopher Geman
Narrator: Christian H. Miles
Artist: Carlos Jaramillo
Music: "The Middle East" - Alexi Action
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@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

History Explained Videos (Chronological Order) Narmer | The First Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 3100 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m8VyrK-nnpqdXWw.html Imhotep | The First Pyramid Builder Ancient Egypt | 2650 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ndZ8aLeYrrjZm4U.html Sargon | The Greatest King of Akkad Ancient Mesopotamia | 2300 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odGDqq5mnqnbdmw.html Sobekneferu | The First Female Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1800 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isd5ZrCS3M2vfnk.html Hammurabi | The First Emperor of Babylon Ancient Mesopotamia | 1750 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLaeYK-p2s_Qp2g.html Hatshepsut | The Greatest Female Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1470 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gsVxa6WQssqllI0.html Thutmose III | The Deadliest Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1450 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5iIhpan0ryrmok.html Amenhotep III | The Wealthiest Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1370 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oJt_qMRqvLTTaJc.html Akhenaten | The Most Hated Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1350 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fcqTqJWYmtuxZ6M.html Nefertiti | The Most Hated Female Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1340 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mLKHd5aTu863koE.html Ramses the Great | The Greatest Pharaoh Ancient Egypt | 1250 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ist1hran2tqZqHU.html Lycurgus | The Father of Sparta Ancient Greece | 750 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sMxzZL2fubGzeok.html Ashurbanipal | The Cruelest King of Assyria Ancient Mesopotamia | 650 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/grVzoJV4lbiYgI0.html Nebuchadnezzar | The Greatest King of Babylon Ancient Mesopotamia | 600 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jb5kpreJtLG2k40.html Draco | The Cruelest Athenian Ancient Greece | 600 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qdd_q9SnxN-tqnk.html Cyrus the Great | The Greatest King of Persia Achaemenid Empire | 550 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebOTZNV3nduYoqM.html Cambyses II | The First Persian Pharaoh Achaemenid Empire | 530 BC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pr5_nbKUude5Zas.html

@nathanfleischman9856 Жыл бұрын

Number 1 - Didn't Hammurabi live after Sobekneferu? Number 2 - Now that this has been posted, I was wondering what you plan to do next?

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

@@nathanfleischman9856 Thank you for pointing that out. I haven’t decided who I’ll cover next actually

@nathanfleischman9856 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained I have some ideas. Solon, Cyrus the Great, the Buddha, and Confucius.

@starcapture3040 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained do Sunosret the third

@fantezixolisile4584 Жыл бұрын

queen Nzinga, Mantatese, Hatshepsut and Balobe Rain queen prove that Matriachy was never strangled in the African society.

@blockmasterscott Жыл бұрын

I love the portrait. Yowza!

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

So do I!

@JaelaOrdo Жыл бұрын

First female Pharaoh and first Pharaoh to have a name associated with Sobek. With her name meaning Beauty of Sobek you picked a great picture 👍🏽

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jaela. So far, it’s my favorite portrait drawn by my artist

@hannujonur1095 Жыл бұрын

Still now name is subk has in west Ethiopia that mean good the name is for women

@Miss_Camel Жыл бұрын

Is the pronunciation in the video correct? Like, historically accurate? I am terrible with ancient Egyptian pronunciations so I am just curious.

@chrisdooley1184 Жыл бұрын

@@Miss_Camel I believe that’s how it would be pronounced. Perhaps a little harder on the K of Sobek but that’s just my linguistic opinion 😆

@Miss_Camel Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I feel like it’s almost impossible to find these things out bc every website has a different opinion! Took me AGES to work out Ancient Greek pronunciations, and most of those are speculative by SCHOLARS. lol

@Tekirai Жыл бұрын

Yoo that picture profile for her edges laid and everything!! 😂

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them

@obedirect5491 6 ай бұрын

Im suspec of the models ethnicity.

@JoshalynnLove 6 ай бұрын

Like fr 😭

@djeio 6 ай бұрын

@@obedirect5491she's africans as all these people were and are.

@Danilo-Daniel 3 ай бұрын

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@harrietlyall1991 Жыл бұрын

Great that you’re retelling the story and reviving the memory of this regal and devout lady.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you liked it!

@makeupboss3568 Жыл бұрын

Middle Kingdom… fascinating time in Egyptian history. Sobekneferu was such a beautiful young woman.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I agree! Thank you for watching :)

@bluesouth5633 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful picture.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@akernis3193 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I didn't even know about her. Great work ^^

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Glad you liked it

@elmajraz6019 Жыл бұрын

There you go... Glad for you to be back...

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

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Thank you history channel and KZfaq for the wonderful wonderful calibration

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Glad to know you enjoy it :)

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So glad Flashpoint shouted you out. Yet another underated quality channel to add to my library. Glad to have found ya!

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Happy to have you!

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@@HistoryExplained happy to have you making me more informed 👍

@fidelio9301 Жыл бұрын

Make more videos please I love the graphics

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks you. I will increase the upload frequency going forward

@sarosp9330 Жыл бұрын

This channel is so underrated! Have you considered uploading to other sites in addition to youtube?

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I’ve thought about it. What other sites would you suggest?

@Tamara-zo3np Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained maybe TikTok? Some short videos explaining different historical events or people

@ancientsitesgirl Жыл бұрын

The Middle Kingdom on your channel!I am very happy, fascinating biography, I do not know much about her 😌

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it informative! I’m so envious of your many travels throughout Egypt. Your channel is fantastic!

@ancientsitesgirl Жыл бұрын

@History Explained Thank you so much!

@robbabcock_ Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thank you Rob!

@aadityapratap007 Жыл бұрын

This was some information for me.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

That’s great :)

@kintam3472 Жыл бұрын

History explained, I appreciate your videos

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that. Thank you Kin

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@theendoftheworldasweknowit9894 Жыл бұрын

I love ancient Egypt so much! ❤❤

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

As do I :)

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@@HistoryExplained ❤️

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@cheetavontiebolt9971 Жыл бұрын

Awesome mwman

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Cheeta

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Amazing bro 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Keep up the great work 🙏🏽💯🙌🏽❤️

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate it Thank you!

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Mandatory comment to help with the algorythm 👌

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

It really helps. I appreciate it a lot Thomas

@OfficalRichardd Жыл бұрын

Thank you, for your excellent research and storytelling. This was an informative video.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

That makes me very happy to hear. I really appreciate it Richardd!

@stevecausey545 Жыл бұрын

Always great to see a New video! I also never heard of her...very interesting. Thanks again for all your hard work.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Steve! I appreciate you always engaging with my channel

@stevecausey545 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained truly, your channel is one of my most favorite. I'm always excited to see a New episode. And the artwork is enchanting,as always.

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@stevenmikhail9644 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back! Can you please make a video about senusret iii?

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Ok I’ll add him to the list. Thank you for the suggestions Steven!

@thelemming54 Жыл бұрын

Great content.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@thelemming54 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained of course. Keep going.

@D9Beats Жыл бұрын

Oh man, what a well put together video.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that Danny I hope everything’s good with you

@lordreptilestormblade1749 Жыл бұрын

thank you for covering her reign. I still don't know much about her, but thanks to you I have some more information then when I started looking into every pharaoh.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I’m happy to hear you found it informative :)

@lorcankelly8871 Жыл бұрын

Would be great to see a video on Khufu

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

He’s deff on the list. Thank you!

@_MAXrevs_ Жыл бұрын

Consider making a video about the "Muvendars" it's really astonishing I can promise u

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I promise to look into them. I really appreciate the suggestion! Thank you

@_MAXrevs_ Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained Thank you for considering sir

@carolangeloff Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Carol :)

@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen Жыл бұрын

There she is miss Ancient Egypt

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching :)

@darrylerren8185 Жыл бұрын

Hey can you do Ramesses 3 next

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

He won’t be next but I’ll add him to the list and deff make a video on him. Thanks for the suggestion Darryl

@darrylerren8185 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained so who's next? Ahmose 1?

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

That’s a great one, but no. He’s deff on the list though. I haven’t decided just yet

@zenaidanadinasode2554 Жыл бұрын

❤great video

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thank you Zenaida ❤️

@zenaidanadinasode2554 Жыл бұрын

Very good work, congrats ❤

@micahistory Жыл бұрын

very interesting, I had never heard of her

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it interesting Mica

@petrasobek564 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@AVP123 Жыл бұрын

Another well concived creation by History Explained. Congratulations - well done.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate it Professor. Thank you

@crencottrell7849 Жыл бұрын

I hope you upload more videos moving forward 😁😎

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your interest in my channel Cren!

@brotherkareem181 Жыл бұрын

That’s good that all the Pharaoh’s tombs we’re discovered yet. It’s gives us something to look forward to in the future. 😊

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I agree with you :)

@SarahtheSoldier Жыл бұрын

Team Hatshepsut, anyone?

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

She was definitely an amazing woman

@SarahtheSoldier Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained Absolutely!

@matthiasstrunz1343 Жыл бұрын

I love tausret…. Game of thrones kind of queen ( not my idea…but from an egypotlogist )

@relaxhealrevive4058 Жыл бұрын

Yes! I believe the name was pronounced phonetically, “Ashasut”, soft “t” at the end. The liars that “wrote” the history books we’re allowed, as you know the old saying, didn’t like women, still don’t, and that’s why they worked so hard to destroy the true history, destroy statues, etc. I am definitely team Hatshepsut despite disagreeing with the spelling and pronunciation though.

@schorpioen7466 8 ай бұрын

Interesting. Not very known compared to Hatshepshut and Cleopatra

@Amadeu.Macedo Жыл бұрын

Fabulous!

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thank you Amadeu!

@naviseu Ай бұрын

Amazing video! Could you do the queen of Sheba?

@SkyGuy4991 Жыл бұрын

I first heard the name Sobekneferu as part of an episode of Elementary

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I never heard of Elementary

@SkyGuy4991 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained it's a procedural drama television series, set in New York City, that presents a contemporary update of the character Sherlock Holmes. The episode in question is from Season 6, when a criminal tried to use the body of a murder victim to create a forgery of Sobekneferu's mummy.

@wallywood49 11 ай бұрын

I have studied Egyptian history for a while, but this is the first I've heard of her.

@HistoryExplained 11 ай бұрын

I’m glad I was able to bring her to your attention :)

@Taharqo.saved.the.Hebrew 4 ай бұрын

Obviously they don't want you to know the original Egyptians where black African people and not from the Lavant or Europe

@athenawilson4019 Жыл бұрын

Sobekneferu was at the end of the 12th Dynasty. What about Nitocris, at the end of the 6th Dynasty? When her brother, the Pharaoh, was assassinated, she seized the crown and hunted down his assassins. Just because the story came from Herodotus is not sufficient reason to jump to the conclusion that she never existed. You can prove that someone existed...you cannot prove that they did not, just because you can't corroborate it. (Nitocris and Sobekneferu are two of my favorite ancient Egyptian noteworthies. There was also a similar story about Sobekneferu. Nitocris seized the throne just before the First Intermediate Period, Sobekneferu just before the Second Intermediate Period. Some scholars have suggested that the break-down in the Pharaonic administrative structure is what allowed the ascension of women to the throne, as well as caused the chaos of the two Intermediate periods.)

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Maybe one day they’ll be proof that she was an official pharaoh. Thanks for sharing!

@athenawilson4019 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained Just remember...at the turn of the 20th century there was some debate about whether Tutankhamen existed, before Howard Carter found his tomb. The efforts to obliterate Akhenaton basically erased Tutankhamen from the "official" records as well. It's unlikely we'll ever find Nitocris' tomb...but stranger things have happened. History stands on the side of those who took Herodotus at his word about Pharaohs, even if he was prone to gullibility as far as the culture was concerned.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

You make a good point, but I wouldn’t be able to make a full-length video about her life from the very little Herodotus wrote about her

@athenawilson4019 Жыл бұрын

Anyway, my point was that declaring Sobekneferu "the first female Pharaoh of Egypt" doesn't stand up to the Herodotus test. "MIGHT have been the first" would be more accurate. Or "ONE of the first female Pharaohs..." Or something of that nature. With a side note about Nitocris. You don't need to have a full history on her to simply acknowledge her possible existence. MUCH of ancient Egyptian history is the same.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

@@athenawilson4019 Perhaps I should change the title to: “The Earliest Confirmed Female Pharaoh”

@zahiarizk4612 5 ай бұрын

How fascinating 🤩 I wish we knew more about this woman. She sounded very impressive

@adamdaniels605 Жыл бұрын

Great Video as always! Since you are doing people who came before people you have already covered I would like to make two suggestions: 1. Khufu- The Pharaoh who commissioned Egypt's Greatest Pyramid! 2. King David- While he might not have been as powerful as the Bible claims, I think the consensus is that he historically existed.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the suggestions Adam. I will consider them carefully

@ashtonfranklin4620 Жыл бұрын

He did exist, plus he was the guy that united the Jewish tribes

@soobright Жыл бұрын

David is a symbolic depiction of ALEXANDER the GREAT

@niokandege Жыл бұрын

Consensus isn't evidence. Doesn't anyone find it totally odd that archeological evidence of nearly 100% of so called biblical characters are missing? Not only that, but biblical artifacts as well? Then, as if to add salt to a wound, the plagiarism contained within it is astounding for a book alleging to come from a great mighty one, who is the beginning and the end of creation.

@asmrnaturecat984 Жыл бұрын

@@soobright david exists long before alexander

@dellcoc Жыл бұрын

If she looked like that, she had no problem getting people to worship her. Gorgeous.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I think you’re right

@claudiamanta1943 Жыл бұрын

😄

@IARRCSim 11 ай бұрын

yes. Even women would worship a woman with those looks. Whoever did the graphics did a spectacular job. It looks amazing for vector art.

@Isabella2335. Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this information! I never know that there was a female pharaoh long before cleopatra

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome :) There were about a dozen female pharaohs all together throughout ancient Egypt’s 3,000 year history.

@samsmom1491 Жыл бұрын

There were actually several. Unfortunately, most history about them have been eradicated/erased. Hatshepsut and stong evidence exists that Akhenaten's wife Nefertiti was Pharoah for a short time.

@Derek-xk3mb Жыл бұрын

See:Hatshepsut

@TheAshHeritor Жыл бұрын

It should be noted that Cleopatra was the last ruler claiming the title of Pharaoh (and even then, she was no true Pharaoh, nor was she Egyptian, being of the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty left behind by Alexander's conquest of Egypt). Yes, she probably had some Egyptian blood, and she certainly styled herself as a Pharaoh (just as her greek predecessors did), but Egypt had already lost its true independence some time ago after its conquest by the Achaemenid Persian Empire, and then by Alexander. Also, given the sheer length of Egypt's presence as an independent entity, the vast amount of time spanning ancient Egypt would give rise to (as the channel's comment put it), about a dozen female pharaohs. Again, as another comment suggested, Hatshepsut is a very intriguing example, and is perhaps the best known (even if her successors likely attempted to erase her from history). It should be remembered that the Pyramids were older to Cleopatra than Cleopatra is to us... putting the ridiculous timescale of ancient Egypt into perspective.

@ag2938 Жыл бұрын

@@TheAshHeritor sehr guter Kommentar, Stimme dir voll und ganz zu.

@furqanbahadurkhan9876 Жыл бұрын

Pl Post Documentary About Pre Dynastic Egypt !

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion

@mariyasherba Жыл бұрын

Вітаю! Відео, як завжди, чудове! Ще б хотілось побачити про інших відомих жінок Стародавнього Єгипту(Нефертарі, Таусрет)

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I appreciate the suggestions and will consider them

@antonius_006 Жыл бұрын

I would like to know if Marcus Antonius and Kleopatra VII were officially married when they died.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Yes and they had 3 children

@ianbrewster8934 Жыл бұрын

Wow did not know anything about her. That was fascinating. Is there any evidence that after she died they tried to erase her from history?

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Yes she was missing from several king lists.

@pendragonsxskywalkers9518 Жыл бұрын

Actually she is missing only from Abydos List. She is on all others, as the only female Pharaoh.

@ianbrewster8934 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained that is fascinating

@ianbrewster8934 Жыл бұрын

@@pendragonsxskywalkers9518 this is a bit of a trick and loaded question but I'm curious why do you suppose she's on the other list but not on that list

@pendragonsxskywalkers9518 Жыл бұрын

@@ianbrewster8934 It seems that creators of lists as Turin king list, Saqqara canon and Karnak canon all viewed her as legitimate ruler. Why she was excluded from Abdos list is unknown. Some might say that because of her sex, as two others women who ruled before Seti I's reign are also absent from this list. This is even more curious as Abydos list was made during Seti I, but Saqqara canon made during reign of his son (Ramesses II) again contains her name, as if reception of her person changed on the course of few decades. (And she was dead for 4 centuries when both lists were made...) It is also unknown why other female pharaohs to that date (Hatshepsut and Neferneferuaten) were absent from list. Some might say that the reason was entirely their sex, BUT for example Neferneferuaten was an heir to heretic king Akhenaten who was also excluded, despite being male. So maybe female pharaohs were omitted because for most cases they kept their power in shady ways? Anyways, despite being absent on Abydos list, Sobekeneferu is the ONLY female pharaoh whose name was ever recorded in (known) egyptian king lists before Ptolemaic times, and this made her case very unique. During Ptolemaic period (Cleopatra's dynasty) Greek-Egyptian priest Manetho made list which contains names of four historical female pharaohs (and alleged fifth), not only Sobekneferu, but also that erased rulers - Hatshepsut, Neferneferuaten and Twosret. It means that there MUST have been some lists or documents where names of "missing queens" where preserved - they just didn't survive to our times. There were female pharaohs after Manetho, but as far I known, there's no king list from that period, so it's hard tell how they were treated in memory of subjects compared to their predecessors. I hope I helped! ;D

@jazminmuro9692 Жыл бұрын

True that men had power and greatness that showed up in history. In ancient times, Pharaohs were usually males because Horus was a male, but people tend to forget that behind that male power, it is actually the female who holds real power. Like Isis, the mother of Horus was the actual figure that woman is the one who gave an opening for Egypt to thrive. Sobekneferu is the actual example of a woman who needs no man to hold power to make her country greater than all the pharaohs before could have dreamed of.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing Jazmin

@ancientruth5298 Жыл бұрын

Isis and huros were anunnaki and never love during Egyptian time 😂this were the Egyptian ancestors gods but not from Thier time . Just like the Babylonian gods and Greek those gods where from Thier ancestors.

@dr.banoub9233 Жыл бұрын

Famed Egyptologist Zahi Hawass is hoping to make an announcement, pending DNA confirmation, in October that two discovered mummies in tombs designated KV21 and KV35, are those of Nefertiti and her daughter Ankhesenamun, Tut’s Royal Wife. Also discovered along with the female mummies was a small boy’s mummy Dr. Hawass believes was Nefertiti and Ahkenaten’s son.

@vikingskuld Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't believe a thing that liar says. Just like this video she looks largely black in her picture yet most of the statue show Caucasian. They need to be more honest and much less political.

@dr.banoub9233 Жыл бұрын

@@vikingskuld Egyptians are Caucasians. That picture’s on point and Caucasian! We’re just not Germanic looking Caucasians, so chill! Blacks don’t have the bone structure , hair and skin tone of the picture, unless they are heavily admixed!

@matthiasstrunz1343 Жыл бұрын

My favorite was his statement about the golden city😂😂😂 which turned out to be excavated in the 30th and a workmens village

@vikingskuld Жыл бұрын

@@dr.banoub9233 lol lie all you want I know what Caucasian people look like lol. Half my family are Caucasian and most of the town I live in is. So your pushing political agendas doesn't make you right. It's makes it look like a sad attempt to change history. I never said they were blond although I seen a lot of blue eyed statues in Egypt. There were a lot more red heads back then compared to now. Neither of those two have such nice tanned skin tone. Most of the people in Egypt at those times especially the ruling class looked very different than that pic. That's all I was pointing out. I wasn't trying to be rude. I just believe if your going to talk about history you have an obligation to correct as you can. Best of luck to u on that

@dr.banoub9233 Жыл бұрын

@@vikingskuld Per the US 2020 Census, Egyptians are White! White: The category “White” includes all individuals who identify with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups ORIGINATING in Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. Examples of these groups include, but are not limited to, German, Irish, English, Italian, Lebanese, EGYPTIAN, Polish, French, Iranian, Slavic, Cajun, and Chaldean. Black or African American: The category “Black or African American” includes all individuals who identify with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Examples of these groups include, but are not limited to, African American, Jamaican, Haitian, Nigerian, Ethiopian, and Somali. The category also includes groups such as Ghanaian, South African, Barbadian, Kenyan, Liberian, and Bahamian. Since Egyptians are simultaneously North African and Middle Eastern, that makes us doubly White? Lol or four times as Caucasian as you since you stated half your family is Caucasian aka White.

@Billy-nm7im Жыл бұрын

I doubt that men ruled for a 1000 years because you have heard the saying behind every man is a good woman. And that is true today women have always given some advice to there husband's or mate. But that's just opinion

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Sobekneferu was the first official ruler on paper

@adenugavictoria4212 Жыл бұрын

Used to think Hatshesput was the first female pharoah thank you

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome :)

@lindatryon6289 Жыл бұрын

Linda...love Egyptian History of women Pharaohs.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@HappyHermitt Жыл бұрын

Pharoah look good

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

She does! Thanks for watching

@The3DProjects Жыл бұрын

Not the real picture .

@tantradossantos4501 Жыл бұрын

I am so glad archaeologists stopped breaking the noses off of the statues and busts they discover.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@branrkwdrandall9476 Жыл бұрын

What gets me is that not anyone has found a crown to all these rulers.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Bran

@clairemercer3099 8 ай бұрын

Other than the battle crowns, crowns weren't buried with the Pharaohs. They were like heirlooms passed from generation to generation.

@rhondaclark716 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you always watching my videos and commenting Rhonda :)

@aaronbazan702 Жыл бұрын

I thought it was Candace. 😇✌️😎

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Aaron

@The3DProjects Жыл бұрын

It’s not her real look. Art.

@istanknowledgereason1561 Жыл бұрын

Wow.. Jada Smith is ooooold.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

😆

@listenup2882 Жыл бұрын

Ancient Black Africans!

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@The3DProjects Жыл бұрын

She looks Asian . Blacks were only as intruders there .

@MaeveTheWitch. Жыл бұрын

female ruler are more interesting than male tbh.🤔

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

That’s understandable

@lynnmitzy1643 Жыл бұрын

Wasn't Amenemhat III first visier name ? Sobek em hat ?

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure.

@Angie2343 Жыл бұрын

YOU GO, GIRL!! =D

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Angie :)

@Angie2343 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained You're welcome! Please post more!

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I’m planning to going forward :)

@Angie2343 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained Yay!

@Yourdad_leftyou34 Жыл бұрын

Oh God She is his sister and wife 😢😢

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Real life Targaryens 🐉

@samsmom1491 Жыл бұрын

Very common in ancient Egypt. They did not understand the detrimental affects of incest. The inbred females had a lot of miscarriages and/or birth defects. Take Tut for example; his parents were brother and sister. He married his half sister, who miscarried the two babies found in Tut's tomb.

@MedusaRubix Жыл бұрын

I believe the alien origins of these royals, you said that her husband was Lord of the Waters, that would be Enki. Enki was married to his sister who was a master geneticist. I think they made children in vitro. No sex. The bloodlines hides behind new names in different eras.

@claudiamanta1943 Жыл бұрын

Crocodiles do not mate with humans. Probably that was their thinking, but they forgot their station- they were (mostly) humans, not the ‘crocodiles’ of old.

@nox4158 Жыл бұрын

Can I request Cyrus the great or Alexander the great for nextt please?

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

You can :) I appreciate it

@akwabanthebe5836 Жыл бұрын

In my Akan language Sobenkneferu literary translate as SOBENK- IS THE - PHARAOH.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Very interesting!

@mellymel6624 Жыл бұрын

I have seen interviews of very old people from Ghana saying that their ancestors came down from Egypt. Not to mention the actual look of the statues from ancient Egypt. This is why a lot of the imagery on this channel can be a little cringe. It is way too obvious that the original ancient Egyptians were replaced by what we see in modern times, but ignorance is bliss, so you just have to let some people wallow in their ignorance..

@demhadeas5065 Жыл бұрын

@@mellymel6624 Scientists also gathered data on Egyptian history and archaeological data of northern Africa, to give their discoveries some context. They wanted to know what changes had occurred over time. To find out, they compared the mummies’ genomes to that of 100 modern Egyptians and 125 Ethiopians. “For 1,300 years, we see complete genetic continuity

@DiggyRasta 11 ай бұрын

@@demhadeas5065 1,300 years doesn’t even go back to late period Ancient Egypt let alone the Middle Kingdom. @melly Mel is right. There’s a reason why this channel and Western scholarship as a whole rely so heavily on recreations of ancient Egyptians instead of their own original representations of themselves like it’s done for every other culture or civilization.

@demhadeas5065 11 ай бұрын

@@DiggyRasta i think u need to read more .. the mummies was from the period of the new kingdom .. like king Tut .. we also got recently new result of nobel Egyptian from middle kingdom .. 1800BC it follow the same previous results .. and so a thief would keep going on in his lies .. I myself is Egyptian .. from upper Egypt ..both my mother side and father side from upper egypt .. we are brown darkskin people ..but not sub sharan .. i got DNA test E-v12 which originated in upper Egypt specially many thousands years ago ... The more u people talk the more you show how ignorant u r .. and how black hearts u do have yourself

@thepanda1044 Жыл бұрын

This would make an excellent plot for a movie or a play.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

You’re right

@josephwilliammarek9566 Жыл бұрын

Where can I read more about her?

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

www.britannica.com/biography/Sebeknefru

@tallafricanchild6460 Жыл бұрын

Ngl, she bad as hell bro i might just have been the reason the husband died

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Maybe you’re right 😅

@royalrecipes6549 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful voice #royalrecipes

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@royalrecipes6549 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained 🤗🤗 #royalrecipes

@shneeoo_3668 Жыл бұрын

didn’t know sobeknefru was so curvy tho

@SarahtheSoldier Жыл бұрын

2:36 Well, Hatshepsut was never that slim.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

It’s my favorite portrait so far :)

@SarahtheSoldier Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained The Hatshepsut one? Yeah, it's definitely the best!

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

@@SarahtheSoldier No I meant Sobekneferu’s portrait, but Hatshepsut’s is my second favorite.

@jmy106 Жыл бұрын

Damn Sobekneferu looks fiiine

@thepanda1044 Жыл бұрын

It's like The Goddess Hathor came down to earth.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I’m happy you like her :)

@thepanda1044 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained Can't wait for more. These are great.

@marginbuu212 Жыл бұрын

Modern day: "what are you doing, step bro?" Ancient Egypt: "what are you doing, bro?"

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@DragonGoddess18 Жыл бұрын

I thought it was Hatshepsut but okay

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Compare their reign dates

@Noone-fd2qz Жыл бұрын

i can't believe how much black people are crying in comments and aren't even watching what is the video talking about... 🤦‍♂️

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Jackson

@lifeline.6144 Жыл бұрын

we know the truth. even you know. those noses are broken for a reason😂 the truth will come out for the original race✊🏾

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

www.livescience.com/65071-why-egyptian-statues-have-broken-noses.html medium.com/lessons-from-history/why-do-egyptian-statues-ave-broken-noses-c9a207329415

@Noone-fd2qz Жыл бұрын

@@lifeline.6144 i don't want to shock you that actually many status in greece has broken noses, its a normal thing, also most Egyptian status actually doesn't have big noses, Egyptians drew kush with different features, In set i tomb you can see they drew greeks, iraqi, And east africans (kush) , kushties were drawn with black skin big eyes and noses with different shape of head, Also ramses ii was drawn chasing them away, In nine bows of amnehtop ii enemies of Egypt were drawn among them were kush, they were drawn different again, Ancient Egyptians made sure to draw the black different, but not only them, also persians, When persians came to Egypt, The king of persia wanted a statue in the Egyptian style, then behind the statue he did nine bows and each had an enemie, there were indian, iraqi, Egyptian, kush and others. Well each name had a person of the nation on it, each nation person was drawn, but when we come to kush, under it was 𓃀𓂋𓄿𓆬𓎡 which meant black, while under Egyptian they wrote kemet, They drew kush with very different features than the Egyptians, with different type of face. Everyone described the black from east africa different than ancient Egyptians? But still you say the opposite. If you need the name of statue i will give it to you with welcome arms

@Noone-fd2qz Жыл бұрын

@@lifeline.6144 You will tell me but the ancient Egyptians drew men brown, That is true. Actually it was a tradition to draw men in a brown-redish skin and women in a yellow and light skin most of the time . not only ancient Egyptians did that but minoan which is a civilization in south Europe, drew men in Brown skin and women in white skin. Others used the same way. But now lets come to the living statues, If we see the statues drawn with clothes, features, hair, even skin, we see that its nothing alike the africans you say, for example the seated scribes, princess Nofret, prince Rohtep. We can't deny there were people with dark skin like the Egyptian nubians, but were they all dark Egyptians? no it was just a little percentage because average Egyptian isn't like that.!

@Gojoseon Жыл бұрын

Sounds like she might have been murdered with such a short reign

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Yea that’s a likely possibility

@ashtonfranklin4620 Жыл бұрын

Ooh, she's fine. 🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

She is! 😍

@dorinameres3853 Жыл бұрын

Te rog, vreau traducere în română 🙏🙏🙏🥰👍

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

O sâ incerc in curând. Mulţumesc pentru comentariu! 🇷🇴

@dorinameres3853 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained Mulțumesc din suflet pentru răspuns 🙏🤗🥰

@ABCFacts101 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained Sunteti din Romania?

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

@@ABCFacts101 Moștenirea mea este românească, dar locuiesc în NYC

@jeffreyyounger5772 Жыл бұрын

It good to know,we had sister in leadership.Beatiful and powerful, brilliant! 🪖🪖⛓️🌎🥌😌💕🥝🥝⌚🥲💢🌅🙁😘😕🙁🤔🦚🦚🦚

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Jeffrey :)

@markkilley2683 Жыл бұрын

Did she really look like that? Or is it an artists impression?

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Artist impression

@The3DProjects Жыл бұрын

She didn’t and even if she did looks like many Asians I know . Nothing out of the ordinary .

@akxsha Жыл бұрын

Finally.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

@hajarbluey-do5lu Жыл бұрын

Not exactly, where is the tweaking and the 5 bastards from different 5 Canon kangz! ❤

@akxsha Жыл бұрын

@@hajarbluey-do5luthe 5 is here

@matthiasstrunz1343 Жыл бұрын

What happend to meryneith?

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meryneith This one?

@matthiasstrunz1343 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained no. The mother of king den 1 st dynasty

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Oh yea that’s Narmer’s great-granddaughter. It’s unconfirmed that she was actually a pharaoh. Sobekneferu is the first 100% confirmed official female pharaoh

@matthiasstrunz1343 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained true…but she has a royal tomb…with human sacrifices and all that…and as far as i know she changed her name to the male form…. Maybe you make a video about her…love the videos by the way

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I’ll consider it. Thank you for the kind words

@starcapture3040 Жыл бұрын

Sobek neferu Took the throne when she was an elderly and from her status she wasn't seem to be someone you would joke with. it is wearied Howe the thumb nails had her without her weird crown and dagger.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Nothing about a dagger came up in my research of her

@starcapture3040 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryExplained its in the headless statue you shown

@hassoumbadji508 Жыл бұрын

Sobekneferou😘🇪🇬🔥😏😍💋🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@johnlewis3891 Жыл бұрын

Sobekneferu was the only female pharaoh to rule without a male co-ruler.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I should’ve included that. Thank you for sharing

@Noone-fd2qz 7 ай бұрын

queen tworest also ruled without a male co-ruler

@johnlewis3891 7 ай бұрын

@@Noone-fd2qz True, but she was deposed.

@hi-fidude6670 2 ай бұрын

It is debatable who really was the first female ruler, as the line between true pharaoh, regent and co ruler can be very blurred at times. It can be argued that it was Merneith of the first dynasty around 2950 BC due to her having a full sized pharaoh tomb

@eileennegron2882 Жыл бұрын

She looks like Halle Berry!

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

There’s deff a resemblance

@The3DProjects Жыл бұрын

This is an artistic piece . Idea. She looked rather Asian.

@judymutoza9536 11 ай бұрын

She probably one of those artist that they say recarnations of people's of 100 or more yrs ago.

@imhotepamenemhat5132 Жыл бұрын

Well done! But you need to reproduce the black color of the ancient egyptian of this period. They were black in ancient empire until Nectanebo2.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@The3DProjects Жыл бұрын

They never were black . Surely there were some amongst them but not black. There were even blond mummies .

@markchappell4148 Жыл бұрын

The crocodile has a missing human head and heart. ❤️ I can heal. The big crocodiles are God's Angels who have fallen.

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Thanks for sharing Mark

@claudiamanta1943 Жыл бұрын

You don’t work with David Icke, do you? I find it absolutely amazing that his reptilians still haven’t eaten him 😅

@ci3045 4 ай бұрын

I never heard of her until now, thank the Gods of Egypt (and this channel) for my discovery of the first Queen of this type in the zenith of the patriarchy!

@laurabagnoli6473 Жыл бұрын

In ITALIANO ,per favore, .Perdonate la mia ignoranza!!!! .

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

I will try to add Italian subtitles soon. Thanks for the suggestion :)

@YasinNabi Жыл бұрын

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you. --Maya Angelou

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Powerful quote! Thank you for sharing Yasin :)

@funkyworm6517 Жыл бұрын

She was a hottie!

@HistoryExplained Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@The3DProjects Жыл бұрын

It’s not her real look . Art.

@funkyworm6517 Жыл бұрын

@@The3DProjects You got a picture of her?

@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess 10 ай бұрын

The fact she ruled for only 4 years, how did she d*e? was she m*rdered? Surely there were a lot of people who would want to remove her from the throne, to put someone else. Throughout history when women got positions of power, people tried to use that to put another man in power. Being a King you already had a big target on your back and had to keep an eye out for backstabbers, but being a woman you faced twice the danger. This happened to powerful women like Joan D'arc who was betrayed and handed over to the enemy. The first thing that started going bad during your reign they'd use that to rally the masses or political figures against you, to weaken your image and popularity 🙄 But thankfully the years she reigned were enough to immortalize her name in History, and her incredibly important role as the first woman Pharaoh 😌

@RaimoKangasniemi 9 ай бұрын

Sobekneferu's reign started a long period of kings with short reigns during the 13th, 14th, 16th and 17th dynasties. Her likely successor as the first king of the 13th dynasty, Sobekhotep I - possibly her nephew or son - ruled for about four years too. Why most of the reigns until the 18th dynasty were so short is not known, but both violence and disease epidemics have been put forth as possible explanations. The actual remains of kings of these centuries are rare. One king, Seneb Kay of the Abydos dynasty (it didn't get a number as it had already been lost to history during Manetho's time) certainly died a violent death (about 150 years after Sobekneferu's time) based on his skeletal remains. But lives were short for most even at the best of times. Elite tombs at Aswan from the 12th dynasty show that the median age of death of males who lived to adulthood was 29. We don't know how old Sobekneferu was when she came to the throne. Her father had reigned for 46 years, at first as a co-regent for his own father - and must have likely been his early sixties at least when he died. Sobekneferu was not his oldest daughter, but still could have been even in her fourties when she died. It would have still been a longer life than most rulers of the 18th dynasty for example enjoyed.

@marietete4957 3 ай бұрын

Isso aconteceu sempre no Egito e em outras nações Antigas de poder, muitos reis e faraós eram mulheres..a sociedade e dinastias são livres para ter revelar isso..

@marietete4957 3 ай бұрын

Era só..para continuar a dinastia..nada mais.